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Woman’s body found in Taichung City canal: suspected to be foreign resident or visitor

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Police in Taichung City are investigating the death of an unidentified woman of Caucasian appearance after a body was found in a stream today, July 17. Taichung City police received a report of a body seen floating in Xinzhuangzi Creek in Xitun District at around 10:30 am. Firefighters retrieved the body, which was estimated to have been in the water for up to two days. Investigators said that the woman was white, with a Caucasian appearance, and estimated to be

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Fisheries Chairman shot dead in ambush outside his home in Tainan City

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The chairman of the Tainan City Fisherman’s Association was declared dead in hospital after being shot 11 times as he left his home early this morning, Monday, July 8. According to reports, 53-year-old Lin Shijie (林士傑), a well-known and influential member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Tainan City, walked out of his front door at around 5:40 am to go hiking. As Lin walked towards a waiting car, a man dressed in jeans and a black hoodie quickly

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Search for French couple lost in Taiwan’s Central Mountain Range enters 3rd day

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Update: Couple found during air search. Airlifted to hospital for a medical check-up. Pingtung County, Taiwan – A search and rescue operation is underway in a remote mountain district of Pingtung County, after a French couple hiking in the area reported that they were lost two days ago. The Pingtung County Fire Department received a distress call from a 38-year old man, and a 30-year-old woman at 9:30 am, November 26. The couple reported that they had entered the Wutai

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Coast Guard intercepts people smugglers in southern Taiwan waters

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Twelve Vietnamese nationals and two Taiwanese boat crew have been detained after coast guard officers intercepted a fishing vessel off the coast of Pingtung County three days ago. According to United Daily News, Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration detected a suspicious fishing boat off the coast near Fangliao Fishing Port on the evening of April 3. Coast guard officers intercepted and boarded the vessel, and upon inspection found 12 Vietnamese nationals suspected to be attempting to enter the country illegally. According

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8 bodies washed up on Taiwan’s southwest coast in recent weeks suspected linked to people smuggling

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A total of seven decomposing corpses found washed up on Taiwan’s southwest coast, and a partially mummified corpse found on an offshore wind tower base have all been identified as Vietnamese, and are suspected to be linked to a people smuggling operation. A partially mummified corpse was found by a contractor on a wind tower platform around 10 kilometers offshore from the Port of Taichung on March 7. Because the platform was more than 10 meters above the sea surface,

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Explosion and fire at Kaohsiung City oil refinery leaves nearby residents terrified

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A hydrogen leak at a hydro-desulfurization unit at the Dalin Refinery in Kaohsiung City last night caused an explosion and fire that left nearby residents so terrified that they are demanding the government relocate their village, according to reports this morning, October 28. Fortunately there were no casualties following the incident. The explosion and fire occurred at 10:35 pm at the CPC refinery on Zhonglin Road in Xiaogang District. The Kaohsiung City Fire Bureau dispatched 18 vehicles and 40 personnel

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5 injured after gangster’s home arsenal explodes, tearing through residential building

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Five residents of a New Taipei City residential complex were injured yesterday, when a gangster’s store of explosive materials ignited, resulting in a blast that damaged 12 apartments in two buildings. The explosion occurred in an apartment on the 4th floor of a 6-storey building in Datong Street, Sanxia District, at around 3:30 pm yesterday, Sunday, October 23. The resident of the apartment, a 27-year-old man named Liu, suffered 2nd degree burns to 36% of his body and is currently

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Snorkeler missing off northeast coast for 24 hours picked up by fishing boat

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A man who went missing while snorkeling off the coast of New Taipei City yesterday was rescued by a fishing boat in Yilan County this morning, Sunday, May 8. According to reports, the 43-year-old man, named Shen, went snorkeling with a partner, named You, near Magang Fishing Port in Gongliao District at around 8:00 am Saturday. At around noon, You went ashore but was unable to find Shen. You searched for several hours before calling the New Taipei City Fire

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Driver was reading text messages when truck crashed into freeway maintenance crew killing 2

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The driver of a truck that crashed into two road maintenance vehicles on National Freeway 3 yesterday, causing two deaths and three injuries, told police that he was using his phone at the time of the accident. The National Highway Police Bureau said that at 2:45 pm yesterday, May 6, the truck carrying 50,000 rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 crashed into the road crew in the southbound lanes on the Xihu section of freeway 3 in Miaoli County. Two of

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Biotech company prosecuted for selling filthy fish farm water as cure-all health drink

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The owner of a biochemical product company has been charged with offences against health food regulations after an investigation into a cure-all product that was found to be made from filtered, but unsterilized water from a fish farm in Nantou County. According to the investigation, the 73-year-old man, named Guo, raised freshwater grouper at a fish farm in Nantou County and opened an office of a biochemical technology company in Taichung City. Guo filtered feed residue and excrement out of

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